Verdicts & Settlements

$13,350,000 — Settlement — a male, age 53, was severely injured when he was struck by a commercial vehicle while he was jumping battery of his car. As a result of the accident, both of his legs were amputated. The settlement was reached in Queens County, New York, just prior trial. Part of the settlement was against the city of New York.

$2,270,000 — Awarded to 7-year-old child for victim of lead poisoning in an apartment building in Queens, New York.

$2,200,000 — Verdict against MTA (NYC Transit Authority) — A 62-year-old male was struck by a New York City bus and suffered multiple fractures to his hip, foot, ankle and toes that led multiple surgeries The jury returned a verdict of full liability, finding the drivers negligence was a substantial factor in causing the accident.

$1,983,000 — Woman, age 61, who was a passenger in a car accident, who fractured her sternum. She passed away as per a fatal infection.

$1,800,000 — Settlement for an infant that was injured during child birth in a hospital in Nassau County, New York. The hospital was held negligent as child loss oxygen that resulted in brain damage.

$1,700,000 verdict for a construction accident victim — a male laborer in his 40s fell from a scaffold on a Brooklyn construction site. The accident resulted in a fractured wrist that required surgery. The verdict against the building owner and general contractor was awarded in Kings County, New York.

$1,570,000 — Scalding hot water in bath burned 1-year-old infant that underwent reconstructive plastic surgery. Due to negligent landlord, building management and plumbing companies were held liable.

$1,500,000 — Female, age 58, experienced post-traumatic stress disorder after being sexually assaulted in apartment building incinerator room due to inadequate security.

$1,500,000 — Male, motorcyclist hit in Queens, New York by debris from passing truck and suffered fatal injuries.

$1,300,000 — (New York Labor Law Section 240) — Settlement awarded to a 57-year-old Staten Island laborer who fell from a ladder and suffered multiple fractures, including to shoulder, femur and nasal fracture.

$1,250,000 (New York Labor Law Section 241) — Male Laborer, age 35, was injured in a trench collapse which resulted in pelvic damage. Our client was an excavator working on a construction site in Brooklyn, New York.

$1,240,000 Verdict — A motorist, male age 45, was rear-ended in Brooklyn, New York. Our client sustained back injuries which were a result of the auto accident.

$1,235,000 — Settlement awarded to an 18-year-old passenger injured by drunk driver who crashed his car into a tree after attending party at private home where alcohol was served to minors. Social host laws applied. Injuries included fractured femur which required multiple surgeries causing scarring and loss of full range of motion.

$1,040,000 — Male, age 39, broke his foot and herniated disc due to tripping on a crack in commercial building stairway in Bronx, New York.

$1,000,000 — Male injured in Nassau County, New York, as a result of being trapped in vehicle, extracted by the Jaws of Life. Fractured knee cap that required multiple surgeries.

$775,000 — Immigrant (undocumented) male laborer who broke his hip when trench collapsed on a construction site in Brooklyn, New York.

$750,000 — Motorist sustained a serious fracture which required multiple surgeries when his car was struck by a truck in Queens, New York.

$700,000 — Woman fell on a crack at a gas station in Nassau County, New York. She required multiple surgeries for ankle ligament repair.

$540,000 — Woman fell on slippery floor in a Staten Island hospital. She was heavily sedated post-surgery and was not provided the proper bed-rails for support.

$500,000 — Girl, age 10, sustained post-traumatic stress disorder caused by witnessing her mother who was pistol whipped and robbed by intruder in apartment building lobby in Brooklyn, New York.

$425,000 settlement for a nursing home negligence victim — a elderly woman in her 80’s developed pressure ulcers (bed soars) while she was in a Brooklyn Hospital. She was transitioned to a nursing home, and developed additional bed sores. The settlement was reached in Kings County, New York.